Visible card, photograph, and other filing sheets



, June 3, 1947. L. v. HERMON 2,421,503

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VISIBLE CARD, PHOTOGRAPH, AND OTHER FILING SHEETS June 3, 1947.

Filed June 23, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet'2 Lame-u. Vbimvm Patented June 3,1947 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlce VISIBLE CARD, PHOTOGRAPH, AND OTHEFILING SHEETS Lowell Vance Hermon, Berkeley, Calif.

Application June 23, 1944, Serial No. 541,763

1 Claim. 1

The invention relates to means for display and filing means forphotographs and the like, as well as other material to be preserved anddisplayed on occasions, and has for an object to present a combinedflexible transparent protecting envelope, and filing sheet, adapted tobe filed in conventional loose-leaf binders or otherwise filed,

It is an important aim of the invention to present a structure of thiskind having the advantage of enabling various sizes of specimens to befiled, using standard sizes of binding or filing sheets.

A further important aim of the invention is to give a novel constructionin such a combined protection and filing aagdisplay sheet, to the endthat it ispeculiarly adapted to resist deterioration incident to usesuch as might be expected when the invention is embodied in a loose-leafbinder.

A further important to present a sheet and protective envelope havingpeculiar functions in facilitating the introduction and removal ofspecimens, sheets and the like, such as negatives and photographs orcards.

A still further important aim is to enable the production of such anarticle at extremely low cost and yet having the peculiar advantagesabove outlined and others, which will become apaim of the invention isparent from the following description and ac Figure 5 is a longitudinalsectional view of the full leaf.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 of a modification.

Figure '7 is a perspective view of a further modification of the sheet.

Figure 8 is an edge view of the last named modification as engaged in aloose-leaf binder.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, there is shown in Figures 1to 6, inclusive, a

loose-leaf display filing device consisting of a 55 central body sheetH), which I have formed of opaque material, but which it is contemplatedto also produce from transparent or translucent material, andparticularly the latter where transparencies are to be filed anddisplayed. Preferably, also, this central sheet is moderately stiff,although still flexible, corresponding to post-card stock, although itmay be made in various thicknesses to suit the development of use andrequirement of particular changes.

Whether the central sheet is transparent or opaque, it is faced on eachside by a transparent sheet ll of very thin cellulose acetate sheet orother suitable plastic sheet, and in order to provide this facing, I usea sheet as shown at in Figure 3, which is of a length twice the width ofthe sheet I0 end of a height the same asthat of the sheet, folded at itsmiddle to bring opposite end portions into registry, the sheet l0 beinglaid therebetween with what will be termed its outer edge forced snuglyinto the crease of the sheet II, and then the sheet ll secured to thesheet l0 and secured at all edges of the sheet l0, and in addition,around certain lines I! as indicated in Figures 1 and 2, to form aplurality of pockets on each side of the sheet ill, the pockets beingmade of different sizes to accommodate difierent sizes of photographs,as indicated, and other sheets may have other combinations of sizes, sothat all, each formed upon a central sheet of the standard size, may besecured in a loose-leaf binder so that the uniform sizes of leaves maybe turned for inspection of the inserted material, as will be explained.Inwardly of one of the lines of attachment on each of the pocket areasdefined as before stated, a slit [3 is formed, and in the presentinstance, Figures 1 and 2 indicate two difierent sizes of pockets ateach page of the leaves arranged in two series, extending vertically onthe leaf, so that mutually adjacent edges of the two sets of pockets arein line from top to bottom of the leaf, and the pockets in each serieshappen to be of the same vertical dimensions, so that they are alignedin pairs. In this instance, the slits l3 are formed at the mutuallyadjacent vertical sides of the pockets, as may be seen in Figure 4. Thecentral body sheet In is formed with deep channel-like scores l4 underand in alignment with the slits mentioned, so that the edge portions ofthe material ll abutting the slits project over the channel-like score,so that a space is formed between the material of the sheet In and theedge portions of the pockets with a novel resuit in facilitating entryof films, cards, prints,

etc., as shown in Figure 4, where an edge portion of a specimen I5 isshown in course of insertion. A series of apertures I! may be formedalong the vertical edge of the leaf opposite the crease of the sheet II, and at this edge, the boundaries of the pockets are spacedsufliciently from the edge of the sheet to permit satisfactory bindingwithout obscuring the prints or other material inserted in the adjacentpockets.

The material at the edge portion of the acetate sheet or the like, atthe inner sides of the slits, may have notches I8 formed therein tofacilitate grasping of inserted specimens for withdrawal. Preferably,the slits in the material [I at one side of the sheet 10 are offset fromthose at the opposite side, so that the channeling at one side of thesheet will be close to and perpendicular to the channeling of theopposite side, but enabling the same functioning at each, respectively,as may be understood from the showing in Figure 4.

The modification shown in Figure 6 illustrates the use of a transparentthick central sheet l0, and by the use of this material coloredtransparencies inserted in the pocket may be viewed by transmitted lightwithout removal from the pockets, provided other material is notinserted in pockets on the opposite side of the leaf overlapping thetransparency to be viewed.

Figures 7 and 8 illustrate a modification of the manner of assembly ofthe article, and illustrate the possibility of forming small individualmountings, and one that is particularly suitable for preserving anddisplaying transparencies. In this instance, a central sheet l0a ofstiff, translucerit plastic is produced, in a size slightly larger thanthat of the item to be preserved, and consisting of a rectangular sheetslightly greater in one dimension than the other, superficially. A sheetof thin flexible transparent plastic, twice the length, is then foldedto produce a crease into which the stiffer sheet is inserted as in thecase of the sheet l0 and ii, the stiffer sheet being secured by adhesiveat the fold of the thin sheet. The ends of the thin sheet are then laidclose against the central sheet i0-a, and apertures I9 fonned in thecorners respectively, of the three layers of material distant from thecreased portion. This completes the article, and when a specimen has tobe filed, it is laid between the thin sheet and the thicker one at oneside, and then the apertured edges of the article engaged by aloose-leaf binder device, so that they are held firmly together, and theinserted article is retained by friction.

The last described form of the invention also illustrates the use ofgrained surface of the central sheet, partaking of the nature of groundglass as to texture, so that it may serve as a lighting surface uponwhich memorandum relating to the specimen filed may be written, theopposite side of the sheet lO-a being less polished, so that it cannotbe written upon, and the specimen filed is laid against the polishedside of the sheet 0-11, so that no transfer of the memorandum to thespecimen will occur. In this case the thin cover sheet at one sideprotects the memorandum written upon the body sheet Ill-a, while at theother side itprotects the specimen, both the specimen and the memorandumbeing viewable through the protective covering sheet.

Having disclosed my invention in the best form in which I have perfectedit, it will nevertheless be understood that this is purely exemplary,and that changes in the construction, arrangement and combination ofparts, substitution of materials may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention, except as may be more particularly stated inthe appended claim, wherein I claim:

A filing device comprising a central stiff sheet of substantialthickness and a relative thin flexible transparent sheet cemented uponopposite sides thereof and at the edges and upon lines extending acrossthe sheet whereby to form pockets between the two, slits being formed inthe material of the thin sheet upon opposite sides inwardly of saidlines of attachment, the slits in the thin sheet at one side beingoffset from the slits in the thin sheet at the other side, and saidstiff sheet having channels pressed therein spaced from each other toalign with respective series of slits in opposite thin sheets.

LOWELL VANCE HERMON.

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